, 1887-05-19
THE GARFIELD STATUE.

The Garfield statue adds one more to the
many art works OF the national capital.
Washington is already II city of statues, and
its public squares and avenues are lined with
the figures of our heroes in bronze aud mar
BILE. The Capitol building has busts scattered
about the house and senate halls, and Statuary
hall, which may he called the Westminster
abbey of the Capitol bul'i~'-, has about
score Of marble figures. There is statue Of
Garfield here, which is too large for the room,
and this hall is allotted to the two greatest
men of each state of the union, the selection
being made by the various states, Rho''e
Island has presented the figures of Nathaniel
Greene and Roger Williams, both IN ilfe size,
and both dressed in the costumes of their day
Greene is aitired in the full regimentas of a
major general Of the Continental army, and
Williams hns on the clothes of early colonial
days Connecticut honors Roger Sherman
and Jonathan Trum bull, and New York has
two bronze life sized statues. One OF these
represent, George Clinton, who was a general
of the revolu' ionary army, governor Of New
York and vice president of the United States,
and tho other Is the statue of Robert X. l.v.
ingston the man who administered the oath
OF Office 10 George Washington when he was
first inaugurate,l, and VINO contaminated the
treaty for the ccssion of Louisiana hy France
to the United States.
Beside these bronze statues stand the two
great men of Massachu>.tts One i john
Winthrop, who was the first governor, and
the other Samuel Adams, who was known
over the world as the great Adams before
John Adams or his son, John Quincy, had
become prominent. NernlnuEs statues are
those OF Ethan Allen and jacob Colaner.
Allen il represented in the uniform of a Con.
tincutal officer. He is a giant IN marble AMI
he IL supposed to stand here as he stood H..
fore Tironderoga demanding its SURRENDER
'n the name Of the great Jehovah and ih,
Continental congress- The Pennsvlvamin
statues are comparatively new ones. ani
while one is very gopd the other, it seems ia
me, is poor. Robert Fulton Is represented
rs sitting On II chair lookiug iltcntiv at
mo IL! of the steamboat. The marble OF this
STAN alnWs wi;l life. and you can almost
s.'e the greet thnrs' - forming in the mind
OF the ncrnt"r = Z" ulh"r il t,lnt of Muhlen.
berg, the 50 ',k'r us the II ""ucr~>>. He
is represented in the knee brtc'''s Of the
colonial days, and looks as ih,rl'h h- were
walking for a wager. The face j. eff 'ur'
and the attitude awkward just beside Iui.
stands the statue OF Garfield. and Dhn ha.
chosei, it's other hero in the person of Fog.
horn" Allen, the uncle of Senator Thurman.
member Of the United States senate, amt
governor of the state,
r"n
Hiram Powers made u fine statue uf l"u
FrauSlin which Tia" government bought u
1862 tor $1,000, AMI this now Stands at the
eastern grand staircase at the ~.'nn,e cua!:ibur
At the other sid" of the building there is p.
statue of John Hancock. the pre-. deut uf lhu
Continental congress, which is also very i,u.
and nj the east of the houSc there j. n status"
of jefferson which Powers made in Italy and
lor which he also received slu.OUO.
M#n
The supreme court has bu-~ of its departed
chief justices on marble brackets around the
walls of it, court room, and Chief Justice
Marshall is the only one who has | think.
been embodied at fun length. His statu. in
bronze has been erected in front of the Caui.
tol. He is represented in his supreme court
gown seated on his spine in great bronze
chair and in the act, suppose, of administer
ing justice to the city of Washington. which
is spread out like n map before him. This
statue cost more than the busts Of all the
other justices combined. 1t is very fine, but
its position is not good. the bust Of Taney in
the court room is by st. Gaudens II was
some time after it was completed before it
was permitted to lie placed in its present
position, and this was on account OF preju-
dices existing n'r'nst p Nv arising from hi,
sympathy with the south a =. 10. the late war.
II clc c. ',rS there !,